MONTREAL – Life after the NHL has been kind to Cristobal Huet.
Nearly six years have passed since the 40-year-old netminder was loaned to the Swiss Elite League’s HC Fribourg-Goterron by the Chicago Blackhawks back in September 2010, and Huet and his family have called the Central European country their full-time home ever since.
For the past four seasons, Huet has been playing for one of Switzerland’s most historic franchises – Lausanne HC. He resides in the resort village of Villars-sur-Ollon with his wife, Corinne, and sons Ewan, 11, and Ayden, 7, both of whom have taken up the game that their father – an eight-year NHL veteran and one-time Stanley Cup champion – continues to play at an exceedingly high level.